Country India District Saharsa Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Elevation 51 m Area code 06478 | State Bihar NO. of Village 58 PIN 852123 Population 161,784 (2011) ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Nauhatta Block with population of about 1.6 lakh is Saharsa district's the 5th least populous sub district, located in Saharsa district of the state Bihar in India. There are 58 villages in the sub district, among them Nauhatta is the most populous village with population of about 25 thousand and Balugaon urf Chhatra is the least populous village with population of 189. Nauhatta is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 21 km2. Nauhatta Block Headquarters is Nauhatta town. It belongs to Kosi Division . It is located 21 km towards North from District headquarters Saharsa and 167 km from State capital Patna towards west. Nauhatta Block is bounded by Sattar Kattaiya Block towards East, Mahishi Block towards South, Saharsa Block towards South, Supaul Block towards North. Supaul City, Saharsa City, Madhepura City, Jhanjharpur City are the nearby Cities to Nauhatta. Nauhatta Block consist of 58 Villages and 15 Panchayats . Baksuar is the smallest Village and Nauhatta is the biggest Village . It is in the 51 m elevation(altitude) . This Place is in the border of the Saharsa District and Supaul District. Supaul District is North towards this place.
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Demographics of Nauhatta Block
The sub district is home to about 1.6 lakh people, among them about 84 thousand (52%) are male and about 77 thousand (48%) are female. 84% of the whole population are from general caste, 15% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Nauhatta community development block is 20%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are about 33 thousand households in the sub district and an average 5 persons live in every family. 100% population of Nauhatta community development block live in the Nauhatta Sub District rural part. Hindi is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks Maithli, Urdu, Angika, English.
Weather and Climate of Nauhatta Block
It is Hot in summer. Nauhatta summer highest day temperature is in between 27 °C to 44 °C . Average temperatures of January is 16 °C, February is 20 °C, March is 27 °C, April is 31 °C, May is 33 °C .
Religion wise distribution of population
Hindus contribute 80% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Muslims which contribute 20% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 910 in Muslims are 956.
Growth of population
Population of the sub district has increased by 17.3% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 1.4 lakh. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 16.7% which is -1.2% lower than male population growth rate of 17.9%. General caste population has increased by 16.4%; Schedule caste population has increased by 21.9%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 53.4% and child population has increased by 15.3% in the sub district since last census.
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 918 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 915, in schedule caste is 936 and in schedule tribe is 949. There are 953 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has decreased by 10 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 62 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
Literacy
Total about 66 thousand people in the sub district are literate, among them about 43 thousand are male and about 23 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Nauhatta is 51%. 63% of male and 37% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 14%. Male literacy has gone up by 12% and female literacy rate has gone up by 14%.
Workers profile
Nauhatta has 40% (about 65 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 48% male and 32% female population are working population. 24% of total male population are main (full-time) workers and 24% are marginal (part-time) workers. For women 8% of total female population are main and 24% are marginal workers.